据每日星报3月21日贝鲁特报道，黎巴嫩能源部长Nada Boustani周三宣布，她将很快要求内阁批准启动第二轮海上石油和天然气勘探许可。Boustani是在新闻发布会上说这番话的。新闻发布会标志着黎巴嫩新生的石油和天然气行业“实施阶段”的开始。

Boustani在贝鲁特港口停靠的一艘测量船上发表讲话，就在这艘船启航进行海洋基线评估之前——对4号区块和9号区块的海洋生物和水质进行测量。

Boustani在简短的电视讲话中说，Janus II号将“确定(精确的)勘探区域，以免威胁海洋生物。”

意大利埃尼集团(Eni)、法国道达尔公司(Total)和俄罗斯诺瓦泰克公司(Novatek)组成了该财团，预计将于今年第四季度开始在这两个区块进行勘探钻探。

黎巴嫩国家石油管理局董事会成员Nasser Hoteit期待着下一轮开采许可。他表示，LPA将在本周完成“第二代”勘探生产协议的制定工作，之后将准备好接受内阁的批准。

这份文件将成为第二轮谈判的基础。

孔丽炜    摘译自   每日星报

原文如下：

Lebanon's minister to ask govt to launch second oil, gas licensing round

Energy Minister Nada Boustani announced Wednesday that she would soon ask Cabinet to approve the launch of a second licensing round for maritime oil and gas exploration. Boustani’s remarks came during a news conference to mark the beginning of the “implementation phase” in Lebanon’s nascent oil and gas sector, which is set to see exploratory drilling in two offshore blocks by a consortium of international companies later this year.

Boustani was speaking onboard a survey vessel docked at Beirut’s port just before it set sail to undertake a marine baseline assessment - a survey of marine life and water quality in blocks 4 and 9.

The Janus II vessel will “determine the [precise] areas for exploration so as not to threaten marine life,” Boustani said in her brief televised remarks.

Italian company Eni, French company Total and Russian company Novatek make up the consortium that is expected to commence exploratory drilling in the two blocks in the fourth quarter of this year.

Looking forward to the next licensing round, Nasser Hoteit, a board member of the state’s Lebanese Petroleum Administration, said the LPA would complete its work on a “second generation” exploration production agreement this week, after which it would be ready for approval by Cabinet.

This document will form the basis of the second round.